Discussing corporate buyouts, D&D, and more, on today’s show! Intro (0:50) – Our week, in brief. Video Games (3:54) – We have to discuss the Activision/Blizzard buyout, late though we may be. Podcasting & Streaming (27:42) – We talk about “The Legend of Vox Machina”, and so forth. Wrap (1:01:48) – Beoulus has the new […]
Tag: Activision
$68.7 Billion. ‘Nuff said?
So, Microsoft, through their XBox division, will be buying out Activision Blizzard (The home of titles like Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, and Candy Crush) for a reported cash price of $68.7 Billion. This makes the buyout of Zenimax (and with it, Bethesda Studios) for $10 Billion seem quite meager, when that was a […]
Something overlooked in this whole Diablo Mobile hulabaloo
So, as I’m sure you all know by now, Blizzard screwed the pooch really hard at their recent Blizzcon event, when they announced the highly-anticipated news regarding their “Diablo” franchise would be… a new game!… for mobile platforms only. Queue the stunned silence, followed later by angry boos. Let’s just say it didn’t exactly go […]